Larry Stotler wrote:

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:15 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:

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Tonight I went to install beediff and bsc. After selecting the packages for install, the install then added the ATI Video Card drivers as mandatory dependancies and I couldn't delete their addition. I am happy with my setup and I don't want to install the ATI drivers, I want to install the beesoft utilities. How do I convince Yast to let me install just the beesoft utilities without it trying to force feed the ATI drivers?

Taboo the ATI drivers or remove the repositories, then just tell YaST to ignore the dependency in that case. That's what I do whenever there's a stupid dependency that I know is wrong. Example:

I did a text based install, and then afterwards, I installed stuff like server stuff and kernel sources, and there were dependencies for X and Mesa. Since there was nothing I was installing that required X, I just tabooed them and selected ignore the dependencies. No idea why that happened, but it did. YaST's dependency resolution is much better, but it still needs work. Too many packages try to install stuff that you don't need or don't have hardware for(like ISDN, TV cards, etc).

Thanks Larry, Killing the ATI repository did the trick. It is still just ridiculous that Yast would take the ATI drivers as a mandatory dependency to anything. It was time to kill the ATI repository anyway. It consistently runs 2 releases behind on ATI drivers... That I guess is the most frustrating point, in this case Yast is trying to "downgrade" my existing ATI drivers and I don't want its help -- thank you, but no Yast. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org